Wolfgang Bauer; Herbert Franke; trans. Christopher Levenson — The Golden Casket
London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1965. Cloth. An English translation of these Chinese novellas spanning two millennia, in an unclipped dust wrapper. This work contains forty-six novellas spanning some two millennia, arranged chronologically.Edited and translated into German by Wolfgang Bauer and Herbert Franke, before being translated into English by Christopher Levenson.With an illustrated title page, as well as a few half page illustrations.An important collection of Chinese literature. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a little bump to the tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is slightly worn to the edges, with the occasional mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
